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Fans have been waiting patiently for a mere 30 years now for director Ridley Scott to return to the sci-fi genre, and the wait will finally be over with the release of Prometheus this week. As if one Alien-connected return to the genre wasn't enough, Scott is also developing a sequel to his 1982 classic Blade Runner. We know that the follow-up takes place "some years after the first film" and it was recently announced that the original pic's writer, Hampton Fancher, has been brought on develop and write the sequel for Scott to direct.
Steve recently sat down with Scott to talk about Prometheus, but the director also shared a ridiculously exciting gift regarding the Blade Runner sequel: he described a full scene. In order to give us an idea of the visual style he's planning for the follow-up, Scott took the opportunity to map out a scene from the project that could easily serve as the opening to the film. Hit the jump for more.
Steve began by asking Scott if he has already begun thinking about the visuals for the Blade Runner sequel, to which the director replied in the affirmative. Scott then proceeded to describe a scene from the in development project:
"There'll be a vast farmland where there are no hedges or anything in sight, and it's flat like the plains of—where's the Great Plains in America? Kansas, where you can see for miles. And it's dirt, but it's being raked. On the horizon is a combine harvester which is futuristic with klieg lights, 'cause it's dawn. The harvester is as big as six houses. In the foreground is a small white clapboard hut with a porch as if it was from Grapes of Wrath. From the right comes a car, coming in about six feet off the ground being chased by a dog. And that's the end of it, I'm not gonna tell you anything else."
So, yeah, that happened. Scott is known for crafting some truly gorgeous visuals, and this scene from the Blade Runner sequel appears to be no exception. It's important to note that the project is still in the early stages of development, so this scene could be vastly different or entirely scrapped when the actual film comes together, but given the nature of the scene and how detailed Scott was about it, I wouldn't be shocked if this is the in-development opening sequence.
I highly encourage you to actually watch Scott describe the scene in the video below, as he paints a truly vivid picture and almost puts you on the edge of your seat. Look for Steve's full interview with the filmmaker on the site very soon.


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My current solution is using the deprecated Google Web Search API - but since it's deprecated, qeuries to the API is now limited. This is a problem for me - the suggested alternative is using the Google Custom Search API but this only allows me to search on specific sites and pages. This is not what I need.
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Wolfpak Industry Productions (producers behind the recently wrapped "15 Till Midnight") and Death Factory are pleased to announce their sure to be controversial new film "SONG OF THE SHATTERED". Principal photography is under way in Eastern Pennsylvania, and the film is directed by Wolfgang Meyer (15 Till Midnight). Certain scenes will also be directed by Tara Cardinal.
The film follows a young woman named Angela – portrayed by Devanny Pinn (pictured below; 15 Till Midnight, Piranha 3D) – who kills her abusive husband after being viciously raped after she had finally gained courage enough to leave
him. Over time she finds that it is harder to move on with her life than she immediately thought it would be, which yields horrific results for those closest to her.
The film takes a very serious stance in regards to sexual abuse, domestic violence, and recovery – all under the guise of what the producers are referring to as a "psycho-thriller". The film also stars Brandon Slagle (15 Till Midnight, Kinky Killers), Tara Cardinal (Legend of the Red Reaper, Delivery), Deneen Melody (Slices of Life), Jess Weber (Terminal Descent), and Joe Hollow (Diary of Death). It is loosely based on true events.
Scenes from the film will be premiered at the Viscera Film Festival in Los Angeles on July 17th, during which Devanny Pinn will be a special guest. Additional screenings will follow in select cities throughout the rest of the year.


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Quercus robur - English Oak tree 10/12cm girth
Quercus robur or English Oak is a very majestic native tree found in lowland woodland across the British Isles. English Oak is a very large tree with heavy, spreading limbs and dark green, lobed leaves. The substantial trunk on older trees is dark grey and grooved. In autumn the tree produces masses of ovoid acorns much loved by many of our wild animals. Quercus robur is very long lived and heavily valued for its high quality timber. It will grow well in most situations but does best on deep soils. A great tree for supporting our native wildlife and beneficial to and area.
This tree is suited to larger gardens, parks and woodlands.
If the availability below is not listed as 'In Stock' please contact us for more information regarding the item.
We are always updating the stock for sale at our tree nursery but some varieties may only be available through the winter season.
Local delivery / collection - items too heavy or large to ship by carrier.
Pre - Order - not in stock but usually only a short order time.
Out of stock - not available at present.
- 10/12cm girth
- £249.00
Availability: Local Delivery / Collection
Quercus robur - English Oak tree
Plant Information
- Size: 10/12cm girth. Girth in CM equates roughly to height in feet. For example: 10/12cm girth = 10/12ft tall.
- Botanical name/s: Quercus robur
- Common name/s: Common Oak or Pendunculate Oak
- Flower / Foliage: Small greenish catkins in spring are followed by oval acorns in autumn. The leaves are dark green and have rounded, lobed edges.
- Plant type: Deciduous
- Flowering period: N/A
- Mature height: 25m+
- Mature spread: Up to 15m
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Recommended usage: Ideal in any larger size garden, park or woodland as a specimen or in a mix where native trees are required.
- Nursery grown: Yes
After Care / Plant Maintenance
- Once planted, Quercus robur will need watering throughout the first growing season, but make sure not to over / under water.
- Check tree tie / stake isn't rubbing and / or too tight or too loose on the trunk.
- Check for and remove any dead, decaying, diseased or crossing branch.
- Remove any weeds from around the base of the Oak tree (including grass).
- Position/Aspect: North, south, east or west facing
- Soil: All moist well drained soils
- Hardiness: Quercus robur is native and fully hardy in the UK.
- Plant maintenance: Low maintenance
How do I order from King & Co?
Order online
Your order may be placed via our Online Shop, which is fast simple and secure.
After your Online Shop order has been placed we will send an order confirmation email to the email address provided. This will provide you with details of your order, including the order number, which you should check and retain for your records. If there is an error in your order requirement, please contact us as soon as possible quoting your order number, so that we can rectify prior to dispatch.
Phone us
We will take your credit or debit card payment over the phone. Simply call us on 01376 340469 and one of our experienced team are always available to discuss your order 7 days a week.
From our Nursery
Collect your trees or shrubs from our Nursery in Rayne.
We accept all major credit cards including: Maestro, MasterCard, Visa Credit, Visa Electron and Visa Debit.
How can I expect delivery from King & Co?
Overnight to your door
We can delivery to you anywhere in England and Wales via an overnight courier service (two days for Scotland & Ireland).
Via Online Shop
Orders placed via our Online shop if placed by 12 noon Monday –Thursday can be delivered to you the very next day. If placed on a Friday - Sunday delivery would be on Tuesday.
We deliver by national overnight courier service.
Should you require a specific delivery date, let us know in advance and we will arrange for your delivery to arrive on your required date.
Every tree and plant is packed to ensure your order arrives safely.
For large trees or quantities of trees and plants
Please phone us to discuss, we are usually able to deliver to you via a dedicated vehicle.
For local deliveries
We will deliver to you in our local area and we will be pleased to arrange this with you whilst you are visiting our Nursery or via the phone. We also provide a planting service.
Planting service
We have our own installation teams to carry out planting in Southern & Eastern England. Please call us to discuss, we are always happy to provide you a quotation.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals had the right guys up and were ready to break open their playoff opener against the Washington Nationals.
Three pitches later, the course of Game 1 had changed. And soon, the defending World Series champion Cardinals had let their big chance slip away in a 3-2 loss Sunday.
The Cardinals led 2-1 in the seventh inning and were poised to get more with the bases loaded and nobody out. Cleanup hitter Allen Craig, who led the National League with a .400 average with runners in scoring position, was up and MVP candidate Yadier Molina was on deck.
But reliever Ryan Mattheus needed just two pitches to get out of the jam. Craig grounded into a forceout at the plate, then Molina bounced into an easy double play.
And on the first pitch of the eighth, Cardinals rookie shortstop Pete Kozma misplayed Michael Morse's grounder. Ian Desmond followed that error with a hit and, two outs later, pinch hitter Tyler Moore slapped a two-strike single to right for a two-run single.
"It's baseball," Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday said. "They got a guy who throws groundballs and he came in and got two of them. You've got two of the best hitters in the league coming up. It just didn't work out."
The Nationals, who had never come close to making the playoffs since moving from Montreal for the 2005 season, overcame a wild outing by 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez to start the NL division series.
Mattheus got the win for his two-pitch, three-out seventh, and Drew Storen pitched a perfect ninth for the save. Mitchell Boggs, victimized by Kozma's error in the eighth, took the loss.
The NL East champion Nationals led the majors with 98 wins this season, and brought postseason baseball to Washington for the first time since 1933. The Nats go for a 2-0 series lead Monday when Jordan Zimmermann opposes Jaime Garcia.
"This team is not hanging our heads," St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright said. "We can come back and win this easily."
The Cardinals made it to the best-of-five division series by beating Atlanta in the wild-card matchup Friday. But St. Louis wasted a 10-strikeout gem by Wainwright, failing to capitalize enough on Gonzalez's career high-tying seven walks and frustrating its towel-waving fans.
A standing room crowd of 47,078, among the largest at 7-year-old Busch Stadium, bundled up for a game that began in 54-degree chill and featured kaleidoscope late-afternoon shadows that bedeviled hitters for several innings.
Wainwright became the first Cardinals pitcher to reach double digits in strikeouts since Bob Gibson also fanned 10 to beat the Tigers in Game 4 of the 1968 World Series.
Wainwright was a 14-game winner coming off reconstructive elbow surgery that sidelined him all of 2011, with 10 of the wins coming at home. He's been a postseason ace with a microscopic 0.77 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 23 1-3 innings.
He fanned Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman twice each and seventh-place hitter Espinosa all three times.
"His breaking ball really bailed him out today and kept them off-balance and had a lot of swing-and-misses and some chases and strikeouts with the breaking ball," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
Gonzalez allowed just one hit in five innings, on David Freese's full-count bouncer between third and short to start the fourth. But he had trouble finding catcher Kurt Suzuki's glove.
The second inning was Gonzalez' shakiest when he allowed the Cardinals to score twice and take the lead without a hit. Gonzalez walked four of the first five hitters, putting St. Louis in position to score one run on a wild pitch and a second on Jon Jay's bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth robbed Daniel Descalso of a two-run homer off with a leaping catch to keep it at 2-1 in the sixth. Descalso had a fielding gem of his own in the seventh, ranging far to his left to glove Harper's grounder and then throwing him out by a few steps.
Both pitchers were aided by the late-afternoon shadows. The narrow roof above the top of the upper deck, and lattice work beneath the roof, creates a hodge-podge of sun and shade. At one point, pitchers were throwing from sunshine into shade, a small stretch of sun then shade again.
It was little surprise there were just five singles and no runs in innings three through six, when the shadows were most prominent.
"He's hard to hit when you can see well, and even harder when you can't," Holliday said of Gonzalez. "It's hard to hit when you can't see the ball, see the spin on the ball."
NOTES: The Cardinals went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. ... Garcia was 4-2 with a 2.82 ERA in nine starts at home. The lefty has a 2.48 career ERA at Busch. ... Kozma committed one error in 26 games after taking over as the regular SS in September for injured Rafael Furcal.


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|This is the article on chapter 245. For volume 28, head to Naruto's Homecoming!!.
"Naruto's Homecoming!!" (ナルトの帰郷!!, Naruto no Kikyō!!, Viz: Homecoming!!) is chapter 245 of the original Naruto manga.
After two-and-a-half years of training, Naruto returns to Konoha. Kakashi greets him soon after his arrival and receives Icha Icha Tactics as a gift from Naruto, the only book Jiraiya has had time to write these past few years. Jiraiya leaves Naruto's training up to Kakashi once again while he goes to investigate Akatsuki. Naruto also runs into Sakura and Konohamaru soon after getting back. Konohamaru demonstrates his Sexy Technique, which Naruto is unimpressed with, claiming to have invented even more perverted techniques. Sakura demonstrates the monstrous strength gained from training with Tsunade by hitting Naruto in disgust. Naruto and Sakura reform Team 7 under Kakashi's leadership, who suggests they have a bell test just like they did when the team was first formed years ago.
- The results for the fifth of the Naruto Character Popularity Polls were included with this chapter.


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Seminar at UN to push for pro-life, pro-family development efforts
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New York City, N.Y., Sep 18, 2013 / 03:58 pm (CNA).- A U.S. religious liberty group and a Mexican development organization are holding a seminar at the United Nations to advocate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in a way that respects human life and the family.
"At this crucial time in history when the sanctity of life and the human family are assaulted at every turn, there is an urgent need to address delegates of the United Nation and make them aware of the importance of protecting the dignity and freedom of every human being," Alan Sears, the president, CEO and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, said Sept. 18.
"Every innocent life deserves to be protected," he added.
The Sept. 19 event, scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern Time in the Conference Building at the United Nations, aims to present solid research and development paths to U.N. delegates, dignitaries and other decision makers.
The seminar, titled "Life and Family: A Real Approach to Millennium Development Goals," will be webcast live at webtv.un.org. The Alliance Defending Freedom and Incluyendo Mexico are co-sponsoring the event.
The seminar focuses on the four international development goals concerning education, poverty, maternal health and infant mortality.
Dr. Elard Koch, director of the Chile-based MELISA Institute, will present research showing that countries with abortion prohibitions like Chile and Ireland have witnessed dramatic improvements in maternal health and significant decreases in infant mortality.
Sociology professor Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas at Austin will present case studies on the link between strong family bonds and a solid education in poverty reduction.
The event sponsors say that development goals can be reached while strengthening the early personal formation of children and protecting the lives of the innocent unborn.
Sears strongly criticized efforts at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva that seek to decriminalize abortion worldwide.
"This is a blatant attack on the sanctity of life," said Sears, who will speak at the seminar.
Rosa Leal de Pérez, First Lady of Guatemala, will also address the gathering.
After the seminar, a reception at the Millennium Hotel at One United Nations Plaza will honor Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has a special website on the Millennium Development Goals and the Thursday seminar at www.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/MDGs.
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Hessman blasts two in win
Mike Jacobs and Mike Hessman had the biggest hits on Tuesday night as they led the Herd to a 9-5 victory over the Durham Bulls. Jacobs had a three-run double and Hessman launched a pair of two-run homers as Buffalo used a key two-out rally to defeat the IL's top team.
The Bisons scored five runs with two outs in the fourth. Jacobs struck first with a booming double to left field that cleared the bases and tied the score at three. Four pitches later, Hessman hit his fifth home run of the season to drive in Jacobs as well as himself.
The active leader in minor league home runs struck again in the bottom of the eighth inning to clinch the victory. After the Bisons tacked on an insurance run on Jesus Feliciano's RBI-double, Hessman launched his 317th career minor league home run. This one was clearly his most impressive blast in a Buffalo uniform as it flew past the protective netting in left field and onto Oak St.
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Hessman now has six home runs and 18RBI in 18 games with the Bisons.
The Bisons bullpen earned the victory for the Herd as Kiko Calero (2-0) got the win and John Lujan earned his second save. Along with Mike O'Connor the trio combined to toss 4.1 innings of shutout relief.
Dillon Gee started for the Herd and allowed five runs in 4.2 innings of work.


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OpenMoko has announced plans to launch the Linux-based FreeRunner mobile phone on July 4. The highly-anticipated open source handset will be distributed through OpenMoko's web-based store and will begin shipping on July 7. The FreeRunner will also be available from several vendors in Europe and India.
The FreeRunner, which is designed from the ground up as a hackable and open device, was first unveiled in January at CES. It is the successor of the Neo1973, OpenMoko's first handset. Unlike the Neo, which was primarily intended for an audience of developers and hardcore enthusiasts, the FreeRunner is aimed at the broader consumer market. Although the software is still a work in progress, OpenMoko will provide software updates following the launch that are expected to incrementally improve the product and increase its viability for a nontechnical audience.
OpenMoko's software platform has undergone some significant changes during the FreeRunner development cycle. The developers backpedaled on their GTK+ strategy and adopted some Enlightenment E17 technologies and parts of Trolltech's Qtopia platform. This will eventually provide a more complete and responsive environment. The FreeRunner currently ships with a GTK-based stack, but users can choose to update to the Qtopia-based ASU. In the future, they will likely be leveraging the lightweight E17 components more pervasively throughout the environment. In addition to enabling users to build applications with an impressive variety of toolkits and programming languages, the underlying platform itself can be modified, improved, or even replaced with something completely different.
The FreeRunner, which is priced at $399, will be available with either 850MHz or 900MHz tri-band GSM support. The device offers a 400Mhz processor, 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen with a resolution of 640x480. It also includes WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, two accelerometers, 128MB of SDRAM, and 256MB of storage.
Although the versatility of the device makes the FreeRunner an exciting product for programmers, the lack of 3G support will most likely be a deal-breaker for many mobile phone users. I suspect that, instead of being adopted as a personal smartphone, the FreeRunner will primarily be used as a development tool for prototyping Linux-based mobile phone software platforms.
The FreeRunner will offer application developers some really intriguing possibilities. I'm personally looking forward to porting some of the tools and utilities I've made for my Linux desktop computer with Python and GTK+. There is also a lot of room for innovative platform development. For instance, KDE developers are already working on making porting KDE 4 run on the device.


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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) benefits standards will be different for plans at large employers than they are for individual policies and plans at small employers.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) talks about what the standards for large employers might look like in a new set of draft regulations, "Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit" (RIN 1545-BL43).
Employers with more than 50 employees — or 100 employees in some states — will have a lot more freedom than smaller employers when they're designing their health plans. But, if large employers simply want to offer a plan that they know will help them avoid paying the new PPACA penalties on employers that fail to provide health benefits with a "minimum value," they could base their plans on one of several "safe harbor" designs that the IRS will develop, the IRS said in a preamble to the draft regulations.
In the proposed regulations, the IRS also talks about value calculation rules that could affect employers' health reimbursement arrangement (HRA), health savings account (HSA) and wellness programs.
The draft regulations are set to appear in the Federal Register Friday. Comments will be due 60 days after the official publication date.
PPACA is supposed to create a new tax credit, to help low-income workers who have no group health coverage pay health insurance premiums.
Workers will be able to get the tax credit — which is described in Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) — if they have no group health coverage or low-value group health coverage. Workers will not be able to qualify for the tax credit if they have access to what the government classifies as affordable group health coverage that meets the PPACA minimum-value standard.
In some cases, workers who have group health benefits may still try to apply for the premium assistance tax credit.
If the worker turns out to have access only to low-value group health benefits, the worker will qualify for the tax credit, and the employer may have to pay a penalty. If the worker turns out to have access to minimum-value health benefits, the employer will avoid having to pay the penalty.
IRC Section 36B(c)(2)(C)(ii) states that an employer plan that meets the minimum-value standard must cover at least 60 percent of the "total allowed costs."
PPACA also has created a standardized "essential health benefits" (EHB) package. The package is supposed to include the benefits that a normal good small-group health plan covers, along with some extras required by Congress, such as dental benefits and eye benefits for children.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has said that it will assume that "total allowed costs" means the cost of covering the standard EHB package for the type of people who would be in a typical self-insured employer health plan.
But, in theory, as long as a large employer's plan covers 60 percent of the value of the overall cost of the EHB package, the plan need not actually cover all of the kinds of care included in the EHB package to meet the minimum-value standard, the IRS said.
But what should the large employer's plan really cover?
The IRS has come up with three sample plan designs that large employers could use to meet the minimum-value standard:
- A plan with a $3,500 integrated medical and drug deductible, 80 percent plan cost-sharing, and a $6,000 maximum out-of-pocket limit for employee cost-sharing.
- A plan with a $4,500 integrated medical and drug deductible, 70 percent plan cost-sharing, a $6,400 maximum out-of-pocket limit, and a $500 employer contribution to a health savings account (HSA).
- A plan with a $3,500 medical deductible, $0 drug deductible, 60 percent plan medical expense cost-sharing, 75 percent plan drug cost-sharing, a $6,400 maximum out-of-pocket limit, and drug co-pays of $10/$20/$50 for the first, second and third prescription drug tiers, with 75 percent coinsurance for specialty drugs.
To qualify for safe-habor treatment, the plans would have to cover the services that the IRS and HHS have included in a minimum-value calculator that the IRS and HHS have posted on the Web, the IRS said.
Low-value plans
The IRS suggested what it sees as a possible problem: A large employer might offer a low-value health plan, then try to get out of paying PPACA "no minimum-value health plan" penalties by keeping employees from applying for the premium assistance tax credit.
If an employer did that, regulators "may treat such arrangements as impermissible interference with an employee's ability to access premium tax credits," the IRS said.
HRAs, HSAs and wellness programs
IRS officials also consider other minimum-value quirks, such as how employers ought to handle HRA and HSA contributions in plan value calculations, and how employers ought to treat wellness program incentives that could either cut cost-sharing amounts (deductibles and co-payments) or help reduce employees' share of the health insurance premiums.
Some commenters have suggested that all employer HSA or HRA contributions for the current year should count as plan value when an employer is trying to calculate a health plan's value.
Other commenters agreed that HSA contributions should count toward plan value, but they said that HRA contributions should count only if the employees can use the HRA contributions to help cover the cost of co-payments, deductibles and coinsurance amounts.
In the draft regulations, the IRS has proposed that an employer can include all HSA contributions for the current plan year in minimum-value calculations.
"Amounts newly made available under an HRA that is integrated with an eligible employer-sponsored plan for the current plan year count for purposes of [minimum value] in the same manner if the amounts may be used only for cost-sharing and may not be used to pay insurance premiums," officials said.
At least for 2014, the IRS has proposed setting one minimum-value rule for wellness programs with incentives that lower cost-sharing amounts (co-payments and deductibles) and a second rule for wellness programs with incentives that lower the amount workers pay for group health insurance plan premiums.
If an anti-tobacco-use incentive lowers cost-sharing amounts, an employer can ignore the effect of the incentive program on workers who love their cigarettes or cigars too much to qualify for the incentive.
When adjusting for the value of other wellness program cost-sharing incentives, the employer must assume workers will fail to qualify and determine whether the coverage of the workers who fail still meets the minimum-value standard.
If any wellness incentive program, except for an anti-tobaco program, cuts the worker's share of the health insurance premiums, then the employer must assume that all workers will fail to qualify for the premium-reduction incentive when calculating whether the plan is affordable, officials said.
But, in 2014, when a large-group employer is determining whether it must pay a penalty for failing to meet the PPACA "shared responsibility" coverage mandate requirements, the employer can assume that all employees will qualify for wellness incentives when determining whether the health plan is affordable.
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A product owns 1 filename ...Note: the base image name is the original image name loaded for the product.
The concept of multiple images is best explained using an example:
From the Admin, you edit a product and specify an image file called:
and put it in the
/images/dvd directory via the drop down.
Now you use your FTP program to upload additional images to /images/dvd
- a_bugs_life_01.gif
- a_bugs_life_02.gif
- a_bugs_life_03.gif
- a_bugs_life_04.gif
I used the numbers so these would load in order, as the additional images are loaded alpha/numeric.
For the large image (used in popups) I use FTP and upload:
- /images/large/dvd/a_bugs_life_01_LRG.gif
- /images/large/dvd/a_bugs_life_02_LRG.gif
- /images/large/dvd/a_bugs_life_03_LRG.gif
- /images/large/dvd/a_bugs_life_04_LRG.gif
For the medium image (used as the main image on the product_info page) I upload via FTP:
- /images/medium/dvd/a_bugs_life_MED.gif
NOTE: There is ONLY ONE ( 1 ) Medium Image used per Product on the Product Info page: (pages named product_info, product_music_info etc.) The naming is related directly to the original image.
Now you do not need to use subdirectories for loading your images.
All images can be loaded to:
- /images
- /images/large
- /images/medium
SuffixesYou can also change the suffix for Large and Medium from _LRG and _MED to something else or to nothing at all.
I use the suffixes so when looking at 2000 images I can tell what size I am really looking at just from the name. (Very handy for troubleshooting whether the right image is being loaded.)
In a future release, this will be more automated with options for auto-generating the thumb and medium based on dpi, height, width and compression ratio
For now, it uses the same directories that the auto-generated would use, but you do the FTP manually for the different sizes and additional images.
Additional informationNote: the base image name is the original image name loaded for the product.
The suffix of _MED and _LRG is optionally defined but very handy for distinguishing image names from a visual standpoint.
The medium images are kept in the/images/medium directory and the large in the /images/large directory
Additional images can be the base name of the original image plus anything after that. For example:
Original Image: fred.jpg
All of these are considered additional images because they contain the base image name PROVIDED you are in the /images directory:
The advantage of the numbering on the additional images like: _01 _02 _03 is that they will sort in this order when displayed.
These images are places in the same directory as the main image such as /images
The large image match would then go in /images/large or /images/large with the Admin defined suffix added to it of _LRG
However ... if using SUBDIRECTORIES such as /images/mystuff then you need the underscore ( _ ):
Original Image: fred.jpg
All of these are considered additional images because they contain the base image name PROVIDED you are in the /images/mystuff subdirectory or/images/dvd or any other subdirectory of /images:
The advantage of the numbering on the additional images like: _01 _02 _03 is that they will sort in this order when displayed.
These images are places in the same directory as the main image such as /images/mystuff or /images/dvd
The large image match would then go in /images/large/mystuff or /images/large/dvd with the Admin defined suffix added to it of _LRG
While both methods are available with or without the underscore, it is recommended to utilize the underscore to avoid confusion. This also provides more flexibility on the image names. However, if you prefer to do without, both methods are available.
The use of subdirectories help on speed or directory limits, especially on slower servers or servers with limitations.
NOTE: not all files show via your FTP program when you get into the 1000s of filenames within a directory.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT ...1) the thumbnail, which is the smaller image, in the /images/ folder.
2) the "medium" image, which is ONLY used on the Product Info page as the primary product image. And ONLY the first "medium" image is ever used.
3) the "large" images matching the name patterns of all your thumbnails, which if the thumbnail is clicked, will show the large image.
- /images/abcd.jpg -- the thumbnail shown in all the category pages and sideboxes
- /images/medium/abcd_MED.jpg -- the main product image shown on the product page itself
- /images/large/abcd_LRG.jpg -- the large version of the main product image, which is shown if the medium image is clicked
- /images/abcd_1.jpg - extra thumbnail shown only on the bottom of the product page
- /images/large/abcd_1_LRG.jpg - large version of the abcd_1 thumbnail
- /images/abcd_2.jpg - extra thumbnail shown only on the bottom of the product page
- /images/large/abcd_2_LRG.jpg - large version of the abcd_2 thumbnail
- /images/abcd_3.jpg - extra thumbnail shown only on the bottom of the product page
- /images/large/abcd_3_LRG.jpg - large version of the abcd_3 thumbnail
Related topicsa. Attribute images can be added to individual attribute options via Admin -> Catalog -> Option Values
b. You can edit the _MED and _LRG defined suffixes in Admin->Configuration->Images
TIPSIt is wise to NOT use the following symbols in your image filenames: + [ ] $ ' " \ / ()
Also, in case it's not self-evident, the files have to actually exist on your server. So, if you're selecting the "Use an image on the server" instead of uploading a file directly, and things aren't showing up, then that probably means the image file you specified doesn't actually exist on the server.
If you wish to bypass the multiple image capability, you have two options ... which are explained in this FAQ: Turning off Additional Images .


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Six Feet Under Bio
Chris Barnes - Vocals
Terry Butler - Bass
Greg Gall - Drums
Steve Swanson - Guitars
Quite possibly one of the most important bands to be set loose upon the underground, Six Feet Under's latest effort Bringer of Blood, the band's fifth studio release, is nothing short of true brilliance and will without a doubt be one of the most prolific releases the band has put out to date. Blending the perfect mixture of grooves and raw aggression this band has everything from hooks to a full assault on ones senses. While lyrics on past albums have been more like scenes from a horror movie this time around Chris Barnes has taken it to another level of reality. Coming more from past experiences and current views on the world Bringer of Blood takes a step into a more reality-based point of view. The band has evolved in way that will only push them further into the mainstream without losing an ounce of brutality that the band has become famous for. With the release of Bringer of Blood Six Feet Under will undoubtedly take reign as the biggest death metal band in the underground scene today.
Since the release of their first album Haunted in 1995 death metal icon and forefather Chris Barnes and company have created some of the most stand out songs among the death metal community today. Originally started as a side project by then Cannibal Corpse lead throat Chris Barnes along with Obituary guitarist Allen West, Death's Terry Butler and drummer Greg Gall quickly turned it into a full time band after Chris' departure from Cannibal Corpse that same year. Since then the band has been regarded as one of the world's most respected groups in extreme music. In 1998, guitarist Steve Swanson of the seminal death metal act Massacre joined the fold replacing West. His contribution would mark a significant turning point. And with the release of 1999's Maximum Violence, the world beyond metal took notice. Tours with Danzig and a stint on the 2000 Vans Warped Tour (an honor usually reserved for the Punk Rock elite) followed, making Maximum Violence their most successful release to date.
So sit back and prepare to have your face ripped off by what is sure to be the death metal album of 2003!
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This is a guest post from Karen Locke, a geo-poem inspired by Hurricane Sandy that I adore. I'm grateful she let me publish it here.
Storm: Two Voices
by Karen Locke
Sand beguiling,
curious roughness on our feet;
soft waves, the ocean plays against the sand.
We also play! We run, we laugh,
we build sandcastles that the gentle waves wash down.
The very best of places to be
is on the sand.
But skies grow dark,
a bit of rain, a bit of wind, ever more intense,
gentle waves are getting just a bit…
not really gentle anymore
and there's a knock on the door; the message is
Oho! But the sand laughs,
I will dance!
I will wash to sea and wash to shore
and bounce and shift without a pattern.
Water is my partner in the dance;
oh joy to dance!
I am free;
free from human will for once, free to dance,
to come ashore, or
forget the shore and seek the greater sea.
The things you planted on me, humans
wood and concrete holding me,
I am now free from them and I can dance!
We wait.
The storm has passed, the days have passed,
and now we can go back
to our house, to our sand, our sandcastles on the shore.


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We ordered Chinese takeout and chilled out at home tonight, as per usual for a Friday night. Right now, we're all laying around on top of each other watching a DVRed episode of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader.
But earlier? Earlier, we were wild animals. Here are two prime examples:
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Showing further signs that the Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program is working, the SEC announced Friday that three whistleblowers have been awarded more than $25,000 combined for tips and information they provided to help the agency and Justice Department stop a sham hedge fund.
The $25,000 is the first installment of anticipated payments to the whistleblowers as additional assets are collected from the purported hedge fund manager, the SEC said. The whistleblowers are expected to ultimately receive a total of approximately $125,000.
The SEC issued an order earlier this summer rewarding each of the three whistleblowers with 5% of the money that the SEC ultimately collects from its enforcement action against Locust Offshore Management and its CEO, Andrey Hicks.
"In cases where there are related criminal proceedings in which money is collected by another regulator, a provision in the whistleblower rules allows whistleblowers to then additionally apply for an award based off the other regulator's collections in what qualifies as a 'related action,'" the SEC said in a statement. The commission subsequently approved 5% payouts to each whistleblower for money collected in the related criminal action.
Hicks pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, to five counts of wire fraud and consented to the forfeiture of his interest in property previously seized by the Justice Department. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Approximately $170,000 has been administratively forfeited in the criminal proceeding, money that is deemed collected for purposes of issuing whistleblower awards, the SEC says.
Therefore, the SEC says that the three whistleblowers will now receive $8,505 each. Additional payments can be made to these whistleblowers upon forfeiture of the additional assets that have been seized. The aggregate value of assets seized from Hicks is estimated to be approximately $845,000, and the whistleblowers are expected to ultimately receive 15% of this amount for a combined total of approximately $125,000.
Whistleblowers' names are confidential under the SEC's whistleblower program. The order states that two of the whistleblowers provided information that prompted the SEC to open an investigation and stop the scheme before more investors were harmed. The third whistleblower identified key witnesses and confirmed information the other two whistleblowers provided.
The SEC's whistleblower program is authorized under the law to reward individuals who offer high-quality, original information that leads to an SEC enforcement action in which more than $1 million in sanctions is ordered.
More information about the whistleblower program and how to report a tip is available at http://www.sec.gov/whistleblower.


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MOTTA, Antonio. Brazilian cemeteries, tomb styles, and their associated social processes. Rev. bras. ciênc. soc. [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0102-6909.
This paper focuses on the various levels of correlation between tomb style and social processes, particularly with regard to family composition and kinship, seated in the desire to ensure continuity in family order, through a common genealogical memory. It also seeks to analyze and interpret the logic of the burial transition, for a new family model based on individualism.
Palavras-chave : Cemeteries; Systems funerary objects; Tomb styles; Social processes; Kinship; Person.
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Jane Black recently wrote a fascinating article for The Atlantic entitled "Fast Food's Dirty Little Secret: It's the Middle Class Buying Burgers":
For years the conventional wisdom has been that fast food is poor people's food; that, thanks to government subsidies that ensure cheap calories, the drive-through is where people who can't afford the "good" stuff — organic, grass-fed, etc. — go to feed their families on a budget. Why else would anyone eat that stuff?
But a new study to be published in the Journal for Population Health Management reveals the dirty little secret of the American middle class: It's not cash-strapped Americans who are devouring the most Big Macs and Whoppers, it's us! According to the study, a household earning $60,000 a year eats the most fast food, and one bringing in $80,000 is actually more likely to have it their way than one with $30,000. Suddenly, last year's news from the Centers for Disease Control makes sense: Nearly half of obese adults in this country are not poor but middle-class, earning at least $77,000 for a family of four.
What actually drives families to the drive-through are two simple truths. First, it's convenient. Fast-food hours accommodate odd shifts and offer playrooms to appease screaming children and give moms a break. And, after years of calculated expansion, the restaurants are everywhere we are — in office buildings, department stores, rest stops, schools, Walmarts, airports, even hospitals — which makes fast food America's default dining-out option. Second, people like the way fast food tastes. No matter how often or how loudly food crusaders preach about the nasty and ecologically disastrous bits that end up in those burgers, fast food's carefully calibrated mix of salt and fat is hard for many to resist.
To put it simply, people don't roll up to McDonalds and order a double cheeseburger off of the dollar menu because it's cheap. They do it because it's convenient and because it is engineered to taste good.
It's not even cheap, either. As Mark Bittman points out:
In fact it isn't cheaper to eat highly processed food: a typical order for a family of four — for example, two Big Macs, a cheeseburger, six chicken McNuggets, two medium and two small fries, and two medium and two small sodas — costs, at the McDonald's a hundred steps from where I write, about $28.
I can make a much better meal than that at home for far less than $28.
So, what's the point of all of this. The point is that convenience is often the driving factor for people when they make spending choices. They will spend more money and sacrifice other factors such as healthiness in order to maximize convenience.
This is actually a completely understandable thing. If you're trying to manage a busy career, start a side business, have community responsibilities, and have a spouse and children at home (a situation that sounds awfully familiar to me), convenience can be an enormously important factor. If there's a way to shave some time out of a daily routine, that usually directly translates into a bit more sleep or a bit more quality time with their family or a bit of simple leisure time.
That's why I believe that one of the best frugality tactics is to heavily incorporate convenience into your frugal methods. Two examples:
One thing Sarah and I often do is make meals in advance. We'll either freeze them so that they can easily be pulled out and tossed in the oven, or we'll package them up in such a way that they can just be tossed into a pot (preferably a crock pot) and cooked with minimal effort. We'll often assemble a bunch of meals for the next week or two on a weekend afternoon. We'll do similar things with convenience foods like frozen burritos, too.
I often like to use premeasured soap for washing dishes and laundry. It's actually really convenient to do this. All you need is a squirt bottle that emits a significant volume per squirt. Then, just figure out how many squirts you need for a load using the actual measurements recommended on the package. So, for example, if it takes two squirts to fill up your laundry detergent cup, then you can just use two quick squirts into the washing machine. This saves money in a very subtle but very real way: we tend to drastically overuse laundry detergent, so a squirter helps out with that problem and causes less detergent to be used per load.
I could go on with many, many examples of this: programmable thermostats, online banking, seasoning packets, and so on.
The key thing to remember is that in the midst of a busy day, convenience will usually trump frugality. If you know that in advance and can make it so that the convenient choice on that busy day is also the frugal choice, you're going to see some significant savings over time.


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Over a third of Fortune 500 companies said their exposure to cyber-risk was "material" or "serious," according to a report released Monday by Willis Group, a global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker. Two percent of firms called their level of risk "critical," suggesting a breach could threaten the company's continued operations.
In October 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance on disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents at public companies. The SEC noted that while there is no existing disclosure requirement that explicitly refers to cybersecurity risks and incidents, other "disclosure requirements may impose an obligation on registrants to disclose such risks and incidents."
Willis Group examined 10-K forms submitted to the SEC by Fortune 500 companies for the report.
Willis found that as of April 2013, 85% of Fortune 500 companies were providing some level of disclosure to the SEC. However, nearly 40% didn't elaborate on the size of their exposure to risk, or said only that a cyber-event would have an impact on the company without describing what that impact might be.
The most common type of cyber risk reported was a loss of confidential information, reported by nearly two-thirds of companies. Over half said they could suffer a hit to their reputation and half said there was a risk of loss from malicious acts by hackers or viruses.
Six percent of firms said on their 10-K that they purchased insurance to cover cyber events, but other research by Willis' cyber and E&O team has found more than 50% of large public companies in some sectors purchase cyber insurance. Financial, media, utility and energy companies were most likely to purchase insurance.
Furthermore, 15% of firms don't have the resources to protect themselves if they are attacked, the report found.
Although the SEC requested specific information in its guidance, many companies didn't provide it, according to Willis. For example, none of the firms provided the potential or actual cost of cyber events. Only 1% of firms reported an actual cyber event.
Check out Small Firms at Greater Risk From Cyberthreats on ThinkAdvisor.


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Congratulations to Tom Bergeron, Emmy Winner!!
Tom Bergeron won the Emmy for outstanding Reality Host tonight! Very well deserved and its about damn time!
His acceptance speech was quintessential Bergeron, closing by thanking Jeff Probst for not being nominated. 🙂
ADDING: Vogue here and here are some fun photos from the night of Tom and Carrie Anne in their finest at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California!
Lots more pictures of the night at Zimbio Pictures and Getty Images including judge Bruno Tonioli and former contestants from Dancing With The Stars.
Troupe member Oksana Dmytrenko also posted this picture of herself and John Birkitt going to the Emmy's at her facebook page. What do you think? Just beautiful!


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Absolutely unique. Extremely exceptional. The new BMW X2 makes its sporty ambitions quite clear at first sight. Thanks to its bold athleticism, it supplies a dynamic and agile performance that is unrivalled in this class. Coupled with a high-quality interior and many innovative technologies, it is the extroverted protagonist of a new era. Are you ready?
Systematically thought through: the unique design language extends to the rear. The tailgate is flush with the apron, thus creating an exceptionally aesthetic look. To complement this, the tailgate handle has been discreetly integrated into the BMW emblem.
A sporty overall image: the prominent wheel arches in Frozen Grey from the M Sport X package provide an especially dynamic frame for the spectacular wheels. Just like the distinctive side skirts, they are an unmistakable indication that the BMW X2 is a fully fledged member of the X family.
Get to your appointments relaxed and on time: no problem thanks to the "Door-to-door navigation" function of the BMW Connected app. Upon arrival at your destination, you can use your smartphone or a connected smart watch to be guided from the parked car to the final destination by foot.


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Study FIT - Your passport to the future !
Forest Rangers and Woodpile Scanners: About smart forestry
Adlershof start-up VINS 3D develops digital scanners for measurement and inventory
September 2018 - Opening session for the first semester students 2018/2019
The event takes place on September 24th. The program of the subsequent introductory week is available here.
September 2015 - 10 Years of FIT
More than 50 students, graduates, current and previous lecturers came together for a commemorative event celebrating 10 years of the study programme.
January 2015 - New data collection devices
Particularly for data collection purposes in Remote Sensing related teaching and research there are now available a small plane (picture below left) and an octocopter (right). Both flying systems can be equipped with different optical and infra red camera systems.
September 2014 - "Sparkassen-Preis" for M. Sc. Michel Lanz
The annual prize of the county savings bank of Barnim ("Sparkasse Barnim") was awarded to FIT graduate Michel Lanz. for his outstanding Master thesis with the title "Automatic Recognition and Analysis of Trees Using Stereo Vision". At the picture below the prize winner (right) is together with the supervisor of the thesis, Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Mund.
September 2014 - Extended hardware and improved software
The complete software spectrum in the computer pools is updated to the latest versions. To be able to train and practice the diversity of software products especially used at the geo IT market, .Surfer and IDRISI products are now additionally available.
In order to improve the hardware und software options for student resaerch projects and the Master research a new computer pool with six graphic workstations, incl. three 3D workstations was established.
September 2011 - Renewed computer pool
Computer hard and software are completely updated due to a common programme by the EC (EFRE) and the Federal State of Brandenburg. The newly enrolled 25 students from Cameroon, Germany, Georgia, Iran, Myanmar, Nigeria, Poland and Russia will have excellent conditions for working at the university and individually at home.
September 2009 - Programme accreditation
The FIT study programme is accreditated in Germany by the accreditation agency ASIIN and in Poland by the state accreditation commission PKA. The new academic year has started with FIT students from Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Poland, Spain and USA.
Since the winter semester 2009/2010 a modified curriculum is valid. The module structure and contents were reorganized and updated in order to better meet the educational objectives of the programme and to fulfil the requirements coming from the Bologna process.
September 2008
The new academic year is opened. In the current course there are students from Albania, Cameroon, Germany, India and Poland.
September 2007
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Award of 2007 was awarded to M. Sc. Addo Koranteng (Ghana). The topic of his Master Thesis was "Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Kumasi Metropolis and its Environs Based on the Analysis of Landsat Images". At the picture below the prize winner together with the Mayor of Eberswalde Mr. F. Boginski (right) and the Co-Head of the FIT programme Prof. Dr. A. Schultz (left).
March 19, 2007- Computer facilities further improved
Another new computer lab with 11 modern graphic workstations equipped with the latest software for data analysis, management and visualization was opened with the begin of the Summer Semester 2007. It serves particularly for the specialized IT courses of the 4th semester. From all working places it is also possible to access a new powerful Linux server. The Linux server will be employed for teaching and training Internet related technologies such as web databases and dynamic web pages.
May 15, 2006 - New computer pool for the Faculty of Forestry
A new computer pool for all study programmes of the Faculty of Forestry was opened by the dean of the faculty Prof. Dr. Harald Schill.
The computer pool contains 24 modern graphic workstations and is equipped with state-of-the-art software for all relevant forest and environment related IT branches (among them ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, eCognition, Surfer, various programming enviroments). Especially for FIT students the pool offers excellent working conditions.
Sep 29, 2005 - FIT-Opening
The new International Master Study Programme "Forest Information Technology" was inaugurated by r epresentatives of the Ministry for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the Federal State of Brandenburg, the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde and the Warsaw Agricultural University.
The button to launch the International Master Study Programme "Forest Information Technology" is pressed (from left) by Prof. Dr. G.-W. Vahrson (President UASE Eberswalde), Prof. Dr. Harald Schill (Dean Faculty of Forestry), Dietmar Schulze (State Secretary Ministry for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection), Ute Tietgens (Head of Department, Ministry for Science, Research and Culture), Prof. Dr. Krystyna Gutkowska (Vice Rector WAU), Prof. Dr. Alfred Schultz (Co-Head of Study Programme UASE) and Dr. Michal Zasada ( Co-Head of Study Programme WAU)
September, 2005 - DAAD Award for M.Sc. student Nabarath Baniya (Nepal)
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Award is the highest award for foreign students in Germany. With this award the DAAD appreciates outstanding study results and an active participation in social life. In 2005 M.Sc. Nabarath Baniya could be awarded for his thesis "The Use of Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Image to Monitor Nun Moth (Lymantria monacha) Infestation in Schorfheide Area". Mr. Baniya will continue his education with a Ph.D. study.
The award is handed over to M.Sc. Nabarath Baniya by the President of the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde Prof. Dr. W.-G- Vahrson


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Word of a sequel to Tony Scott's Top Gun started bubbling up a few years ago. At the time, most believed Tom Cruise would only be returning for a small role and that the film would center on a new young group of pilots. Movement on the sequel began to pick up in the ensuing months, and as recently as February we learned that Peter Craig (The Town) was working on a script for the sequel that would feature Cruise in a starring role and would see Scott return as director.
Paramount President Adam Goodman recently sat down for an extended conversation with THR and he provided updates on a slew of upcoming projects including Darren Aronofsky's Noah, World War Z, One Shot, another entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and the aforementioned Top Gun sequel. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
When asked about the status of another entry in the Mission: Impossible series following Brad Bird's immensely successful Ghost Protocol, Goodman told THR that Top Gun 2 is actually more likely to shoot before Cruise does another Mission: Impossible:
"We'll likely make a Top Gun sequel with Tom Cruise first. Jerry Bruckheimer would produce, with Tony Scott returning to direct. All parties are moving ahead. We've hired Peter Craig to write the script."
When asked about Darren Aronofsky's big-budget iteration of the Biblical tale, Noah, (which just locked Russell Crowe in the starring role), Goodman dropped a bit of casting news and revealed the rating:
"It will be a big, robust production and will have tremendous scale. It's the perfect combination of casting [Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan and Jennifer Connelly] and a remarkable adventure. This isn't what you think of when you think of Darren, but it will be very true to him as a filmmaker. It will be PG-13 and will likely cost around $125 million."
While a PG-13 rating isn't surprising given the source material, this is the first we've heard about Ronan's involvement. Rumors swirled that Jennifer Connelly might take a role but they were less than solid, but the two actresses would make wonderful additions to the cast. Since the actors' names are in brackets and not direct quotes from Goodman, there's a slight chance that THR made an unfounded assumption, but I'm hoping Ronan and Connelly are officially set to start.
Goodman was asked about the release date shuffle for the Brad Pitt-fronted World War Z, and he cited the franchise potential of Tom Cruise's One Shot as a reason for the swap:
"[World War Z] is an action-adventure movie with a lot of extreme ideas — i.e., a world war with zombies — so it felt more like a summer tentpole. One Shot, starring Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, seemed like a great Christmas opportunity, so we moved that up. We see One Shot, based on Lee Child's novels, as a potential franchise."
All in all, Paramount looks to have some solid titles heading our way over the next few years. I suggest you read Goodman's full interview over at THR, in which he provides brief updates on Transformers 4, the Jack Ryan reboot, and his plans for Nickelodeon and the studio's foray into animation.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Even a full half with a man advantage couldn't help FC Dallas break their losing streak.
Cordell Cato scored his first goal of the season and the San Jose Earthquakes survived a 45th-minute red card to winger Shea Salinas for a 2-1 victory Saturday.
The Quakes (2-3-4) extended their home unbeaten streak to three matches by hanging on for dear life in a second half in which Dallas (5-5-1) were credited with 17 attempts on goal. Jon Busch provided four timely saves and Dallas did the rest, repeatedly shooting wide from close range.
Cato put San Jose up in the 25th minute, and the Quakes doubled their lead in the 73rd thanks to a Dallas own goal. That provided just enough insurance to overcome a stinging free kick goal from Michel in the 76th.
The Quakes found their early lead -- scoring first for just the third time this season -- thanks to an opportunistic return to the kind of longball tactics that made Dallas coach Oscar Pareja so "sad" when he faced San Jose with his Colorado squad last season. After being forced to play the ball back following Dallas' clearance off a corner kick, Busch saw both target man Alan Gordon and center back Clarence Goodson still on the edge of the attacking third and sent a long pass their way.
Goodson got a head to the ball to flick it goalward, and Cato, bursting forward past Dallas center back Walker Zimmerman, chested it down before slotting home from 14 yards, shooting between the legs of goalkeeper Raul Fernandez.
Michel kept the Quakes from doubling their advantage twice in one 37th-minute sequence following a San Jose corner kick. Goodson sent a back-post header into the heart of the Dallas six-yard box, where Gordon met it with another header. Fernandez got his right hand to it, but the ball would have found the net if not for Michel, stationed at the near post, scooping it off the line with his left foot. That attempted clearance went right to Chris Wondolowski, but his header returned directly to Michel, who finally killed off the danger.
Those saves loomed larger once Salinas drew a straight red for going in with a one-footed studs-up tackle on Dallas right back Zach Loyd in the 45th minute. Pareja rolled the dice and brought in forward David Texeira for Loyd at intermission, hoping to take advantage of a tired 10-man San Jose squad finishing its third match in eight days.
Dallas almost took advantage in the 57th minute, only to be denied in head-shaking fashion. Victor Ulloa's initial shot from just outside the penalty area eluded a diving Busch before pinging off the woodwork. The rebound appeared to afford Blas Perez a tightly-angled shot at an open net, but Busch scrambled back to push the ball clear with a full-body save. Fabian Castillo's header from the loose ball topped the crossbar by a foot.
Castillo was denied again four minutes later, when Busch parried aside his attempt from 17 yards.
Texeira finally broke through for Dallas in the 73rd minute, although not in the way Pareja had hoped. Guarding Wondolowski on a free kick from 40 yards out, Texeira wound up twisting around and knocking the ball just inside the near post, giving the Quakes a 2-0 lead.
San Jose would need every bit of that insurance goal. Goodson was whistled for a foul just outside the top of San Jose's box, giving Michel a chance to whistle home the free kick into the top left corner with 14 minutes of regulation remaining.
That Dallas were unable to find an equalizer was not for lack of trying. Matt Hedges won possession on the Quakes' doorstep in the 79th but pulled his shot wide. Castillo, sent through in the 82nd, was similarly off-target with his chip over Busch. Finally, rookie Tesho Akindele, making his first MLS start, volleyed too far across the face of goal in the 89th minute.


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Giants fan in coma; $10,000 reward offered in search for men who beat him at Dodger Stadium
A $10,000 reward has been issued for information leading to the arrest of those who severely beat a Giants fan at the end of the Dodgers home opener Thursday.
The reward was offered by Supervisor Mike Antonovich and comes as the Los Angeles Police Department released sketches of the suspects.
The victim was identified as a Santa Cruz paramedic, the father of two. Bryan Stow, 42, hit his head on the pavement during the attack and is in a medically induced coma, family members told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
"He's not doing too well," brother-in-law David Collins told the paper. "He's still unconscious, and they just decided to put him in a medically induced coma. They are hoping the brain swelling will go down, but it hasn't, and they are talking about removing one of his frontal lobes."
The Los Angeles Police Department released sketches of two suspects in the attack.
"The man suffered a serious head injury during the assault after the game,'' said LAPD Sgt. Sanford Rosenberg, watch commander at the Northeast Station.
Rosenberg said the victim was one of three Giants fans who were attacked in the parking lot by the two unidentified men wearing Dodgers clothing. The apparently unprovoked attack occurred about 8:30 p.m. in Parking Lot 2 when two assailants approached three victims in Giants apparel.
The two men attacked the three victims, kicking and punching them and shouting expletives about the Giants as they delivered the blows, Rosenberg said.
The incident was witnessed by several fans, he said. The assailants fled as people tried to assist the injured man, he said. Police said the incident was captured on security-camera video, and witnesses have provided details about the assailants, including a distinctive tattoo.
A Dodgers spokesman said the team was taking the incident seriously.
"It is extremely unfortunate that this incident took place on what was otherwise a great day at Dodger Stadium for tens of thousands of fans. We're committed to having the most fan- and family-friendly environment in baseball and will continue to make that a top priority," said Josh Rawitch, the Dodgers' vice president of communications. "We are cooperating fully with authorities during their investigation and we wish this fan a speedy recovery."
Simers: Dodgers can't ignore safety issue
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A magna cum laude graduate of Brandeis University, Douglas Newman spent five years as a producer at ABC News Productions in New York where he worked on documentaries for the Discovery Channel, the A&E Network, the History Channel and The Learning Channel. Among his most recognized achievements were programs on the Human Genome Project, Alan Greenspan, and the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Since 2006, he's been the Director of Creative Programming at Mouth Watering Media overseeing the development and production of non-fiction film projects, including The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, a recently completed documentary feature that received funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Humanities Texas and will air on PBS in the spring of 2012, and Cai Guo-Qiang "Odyssey," a short film that documented the creation of the acclaimed international artist's large scale gunpowder drawing commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Current projects include collaborations with Laura Browder on an untitled feature film about her grandfather, Earl Browder, the former General Secretary of the American Communist Party from 1934-1945, Mothers at War, a documentary film and interactive website that explores the unique challenges of motherhood and the military, and a documentary feature tracing the intertwined histories of Rice University and the city of Houston.
Laura Browder, Ph.D., is the Tyler and Alice Haynes professor in American Studies at the University of Richmond. A highly respected author/filmmaker, her recent projects include the book and traveling museum exhibition, When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans; the book Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America, in which she traces the way the female soldier has been seen in American popular culture from Revolutionary War times to the present day; the oral history drama Sheep Hill Memories, Carver Dreams, a collaboration with residents of the working-class African American neighborhood in Richmond; and Rousing the Nation: Radical Culture in Depression America, which was named a Choice Outstanding Book of 1998. Browder served as executive producer on the ITVS and VFH-funded documentary film, The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, which was based on her book Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities and is slated to air on PBS in the spring of 2012. She and producer Douglas Newman are currently collaborating on a feature film about her grandfather, Earl Browder, the former General Secretary of the American Communist Party and Mothers at War, a documentary film and oral history project that explores the challenges of motherhood and the military.
A graduate of Northwestern University, Marco received the Kodak Gold Award and the Sony Production Award for his thesis film Chicago Minutes. His short film, Pishadoo, was well received on the festival circuit and was purchased by Canal Plus Europe, Sundance Channel, Atom Films and United Airlines. The film earned production awards at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and the Williamsburg Film Festival. Marco's last short film, Hyper, was chosen for the Centerpiece of the New York Film Festival, where it opened for P.T. Anderson's Punch Drunk Love. It was honored as the Best Short Short at the prestigious Aspen Shortsfest and was screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival, among others. Hyper is being distributed by Apollo Cinema and has been seen on Atom Films, RAI Television, and the Independent Film Channel. His first feature, The Wedding Bros. made it's world premiere at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival. The film, a comedy about two adversarial brothers who set out to make it big with the King Of Long Island Wedding Videos, is being distributed by Universal Prictures/ScreenMedia. Marco recently directed a PBS documentary, The Reconstruction of Asa Carter. The film recounts the life story of Native-American writer Forrest Carter, author of The Outlaw Josey Wales, who was in actuality a prominent member of the KKK. It will make it's world premiere at the 2011 Sidewalk Film Festival and it's television premiere in the Spring of 2012. His hobbies include knitting and bow hunting.
Mr. Fix got his start in the fashion world. He has produced over 2,000 runway shoots at the presti- gious Fashion Week in New York City along with production work for a variety of networks including CBS, NBC, MTV, Bravo, WE, FUSE and VH1. His first experience n the film world was as best boy on Company K but he completed the film with the 1st assistant director credit. Other film credits include the Brazilian feature doc The Magnificent, SXSW favorite The Marconi Bros., and Sundance finalist Great World of Sound. Mr. Fix just completed principal photography on the feature film The Invisible Collection, which he produced. Shot on 35mm in Brazil the film will hit the festival tour next spring. Currently Mr. Fix is developing a slate of feature and documentary projects.
After being selected as a regional finalist for a Student Academy Award for his first 16mm film Interstates, Peter was accepted into the graduate film program at NYU, where his work garnered several honors, including a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, a Warner Bros. Production Award, and a nomination for the American Society of Cinematographers Greg Toland Heritage Award. Peter was also awarded a $25,000 development grant from IFP/North and the Minnesota Indepen- dent Film Fund as co-writer of the feature film screenplay Ice Nine, now in development. Peter taught a four-week workshop on documentary filmmaking at the distinguished International Film & Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine, and a six-week course in cinematography at the Kochi University of Technology in Japan. He has served as director of photography on dozens of films includ- ing documentaries, television series, shorts, national spots, and more than ten features. His work has been featured on networks which include PBS, ABC, A&E, ESPN, HGTV, Showtime, The Sundance Channel, STARZ, and in theatrical distribution. Peter brings an invaluable distinction to the projects he shoots since he is also a writer, producer, and director. His debut feature, Kaaterskill Falls (co-directed with Josh Apter), on which he also served as director of photography, received the Critic's Jury Prize for Best Feature at the IFP/West Los Angeles Film Festival, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. It aired 18 months on The Sundance Channel and was released by Wellspring Media on DVD and video. He is currently developing and shooting a number of projects, documentary and narrative, for screens large and small, including The Singing Wilderness, a documentary feature about award-winning conservation activist and best-selling author Sigurd F. Olson.
Filmmakers Marco Ricci and Douglas Newman are interviewed for a feature on WBHM, Birmingham's NPR affiliate.
Cynthia Fuchs reviews The Reconstruction of Asa Carter in Pop Matter. Read>>
CultureMap contributor Joel Luks interviewed producer Douglas Newman about The Reconstruction of Asa Carter in advance of two area screenings at Houston Community College and Rice University. Read the article.
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter will be screening at the Virginia Film Festival on November 4th at 4PM in Nau Auditorium on the University of Virginia campus.
A discussion with Executive Producer Laura Browder will follow the screening. More info.
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter will be screening at the South Alabama Film Festival in Mobile the weekend of November 4th. Stay tuned for screening date and time.
More info about the festival here.
Thrilled to be a part of the acclaimed Stranger Than Fiction series at the IFC Center in New York on November 1st at 8PM. Curated by Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen, STF is an exclusive series of screenings for documentary film lovers. Screening will be followed by a Q&A.
This will almost certainly sell out, so get your tickets soon.
We're very happy to report that The Reconstruction of Asa Carter has been chosen as an Official Selection at Louisville's International Festival of Film, October 6-9, 2011. Our screening is scheduled for 10AM on Saturday, October 8th at the Muhammad Ali Center. I've always wanted to visit Louisville!
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter will be screened as part of the 2011 Sidewalk Encore Series in Birmingham at 4pm on September 11th at The Edge 12. We had a huge, standing room only turnout at the Sidewalk Festival last week so hopefully people who were turned away can make this screening.
More info here.
We were invited to screen The Reconstruction of Asa Carter at Louisville's International Festival of Film, which takes place October 6-9, 2011. Screening date and time to come!
The Anniston Star featured a nice article about co-producer Michael Fix's history with The Education of Little Tree and how he first came to learn of the fascinating story of Asa Carter. Read article here.
As a preview to our Oxford screening on Monday night, the Anniston Star featured a lengthy overview of Asa's life and career. The piece was written by historian Gary Sprayberry and journalist Frederick Burger, both of whom were interviewed in the film. Click here to read the article.
Local CBS affiliate in Birmingham covers our screening at the Sidewalk Film Festival. See the video here.
A nice article in the Mobile edition of AL.com previews the film in advance of the Sidewalk Film Festival panel on Saturday and premiere screening on Sunday in Birmingham.
We just finished recording the narration with legendary musician Guy Clark. We're honored to have the master singer/songwriter - who penned "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train" and "Texas 1947" among other classics - as part of our production.
A screening and discussion has been confirmed for Monday, November 14th at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, just outside of Boston. It was at Brandeis where Laura Browder (Exec. Producer) and Douglas Newman (Producer) first met back in 1993. Douglas was working on a senior thesis film project about Forrest Carter and Laura was his "talking head." She was a graduate student at the time completing research for her book, "Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities." Twelve years later they reconnected to start development on what would become The Reconstruction of Asa Carter.
The day before our screening at the Sidewalk Film Festival we'll be taking part in a panel on the ethical issues faced when trying to represent an individual's life on film
Looks like there will be a number of "sneak peek" screenings this fall before the PBS premiere. Boston, Houston, Ohio, Atlanta, Syracuse among others. Details to follow.
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter is an hour-long documentary exploring the life and legacy of the best-selling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Education of Little Tree. Published in 1976, Little Tree, billed as a "true story," recounts the idyllic life of an orphaned Native American boy learning the Way of the Cherokee from his sage grandparents in the hills of Tennessee. The book was met with great critical acclaim and was lauded for its authentic portrayal of the American Indian experience. It was also credited with being the seminal work of Native American literature.
In October of 1991, The Education of Little Tree was number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Little Tree was a true word-of-mouth success. The director of marketing for University of New Mexico Press recalls purchasers buying a dozen copies at a time to distribute to friends. Groups of school children had formed Little Tree fan clubs. Steven Spielberg and Robert Redford started a bidding war for the rights to bring Carter's gentle, New Age-tinged message of multiculturalism and environmentalism to the big screen. For thousands of New York Times readers, then, October 4, 1991 must have brought an unpleasant surprise.
An op-ed piece announced the critically acclaimed Cherokee memoir as a fake. Forrest Carter was really Asa Carter, a professional racist who pounded out inflammatory speeches for George Wallace, including his infamous call-to-arms, "Segregation Now! Segregation Tomorrow! Segregation Forever!" He founded five chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, whose members brutally attacked black citizens throughout Alabama. In fact, Carter's racist beliefs were so extreme that in 1970 he split with his old boss, Wallace, accusing him of being a "sell out to the Negro." Even his new first name, readers learned, had been taken from Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate Cavalry General who founded the original Ku Klux Klan. Articles on Little Tree's identity appeared in Newsweek, in Time, in Publishers Weekly. Fans of the book were shocked, as were friends of Forrest's in his later Texas years, for whom he would, after a couple of drinks, perform Indian war dances and chant in what he said was the Cherokee language. For people across the country, the exposure of Forrest Carter was an occasion for soul-searching.
Carter's story illustrates not just American schizophrenia about race—but also the mutability of American identities. The Reconstruction of Asa Carter asks not just how Carter could be two people at once, but also why so many Americans, both Carter's circle of intimates and the hundreds of thousands of Forrest Carter's fans, fell in love with his portrayal of his Cherokee self.
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Call: We have not been to yard in almost two weeks. We have not been allowed to shower in a week. We received no medical attention. No weigh-ins, no vital signs checks – nothing. Response: Some of the people on hunger strike are older men, and they have medical issues. Your display of power is totally out of place. Your purposeful neglect of their human rights and dignity seems to me shameful.


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I decided to do a mini-project by myself to help me understand a bit more about developing web applications before starting the new university semester. Using the Java SE and JEE/J2EE platforms. I will be creating a simple web application that will retrieve data from a database and display the data.
I decided to use a Model-View-Controller type pattern and so far decided that the:
Models: Will be Java objects which are persisted in the database using a framework. View: will only be the front end, probably written in HTML with some CSS.
I have not (at a high level) decided how the controller should be implemented, I initially went along with the idea that I will use JDBC to query results from the database and display it to the front end but the use of frameworks should ease the process.
I was told that there are some open source frame-works that help in making web application and a few I looked up were Spring and Hibernate.
My question then is there a way of incorporating these frameworks to what I proposed and if so how can I learn about these frameworks in order to create a web application?
Would appreciate advice and experiences about developing web-applications. This is something I have not done before so it's all a new and a learning process for me.
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Here is my second installment of favorite photos from the Railroad Earth show at the Granada here in Lawrence on 2.8.12. And I almost forgot to mention! I introduced myself to and had a chat with Tim Carbone! Then after the first set, I got one of the set lists from the stage; you can see that at the bottom.
You can stream the show here: http://www.archive.org/details/rre2012-02-08


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The hottest thing since couscous, many believe quinoa is just another trendy grain. But this bulbous seed actually belongs to a species of leafy plants in the "goosefoot family:" a close relative of spinach, the beet – and if you can believe it – the tumbleweed (roll on, outlaw).
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text: I have a friend that has a Chinese SKS that's in great shape, other than the fact that the bayonet hangs open at the tip about 2 inches. He has tried replacing the collar spring, and the collar. He even tried stretching the old spring to make sure it wasn't simply a tension problem. Nothing worked. I remember a discussion about this problem some time ago, but don't remember the details. His SKS is Chinese. I can tell it has had the bayonet off, possibly when sold, and then "a" bayonet installed. No idea of what nationality the current bayo is. If I remember correctly, the Russian collars and Chinese collars have some differences? Anyway, I know some collars have straight-sided notches for the bayo latch and other collars have a diaganal cut side on one side of the collar. Anyone have a recollection of this problem and the remedy? Thanks for your replies. Regards, firstchoice


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A phone tip and a Superman tattoo led to the Mexico arrest and return to the U.S. of a fugitive charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Los Angeles girl.
Tobias Summers, 30, a fugitive for nearly a month, was arrested Wednesday in a Mexican village where he had checked into a drug and alcohol treatment center, authorities said.
The FBI had received a phone tip the night before that Summers was there and alerted Mexican authorities, who identified Summers by the Superman logo tattooed on his chest, FBI Special Agent in Charge Tim Delaney told a news conference.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck credited a $25,000 FBI reward that was highly publicized south of the border for the phone tip.
"Anybody in this city who thinks they can commit that kind of crime and remain free after doing so," the chief said, "we'll hunt you, we'll find you, you cannot hide."
The FBI website later showed pictures of Summers and his tattoos with the word "captured" across the bottom of each photo.
Summers, who was expected to be arraigned Friday, was charged in his absence by Los Angeles County prosecutors with kidnapping, burglary and nearly three dozen counts of sexual assault.
He was arrested without a struggle in the village on the coast between Tijuana and Ensenada, according to Alfredo Arenas, international liaison for the Baja California state police.
"He was pretty scared," Arenas said. "We had him in custody very fast."
The victim's parents discovered she was missing from her bedroom in her Northridge home in the early morning hours of March 27. She was found about 12 hours later wandering near a Starbucks several miles away.
Daniel Martinez, 29, was arrested as a suspected accomplice. He later pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and burglary.
Authorities later revealed that Summers had been spotted in a video recording as crossing the U.S.-Mexico border east of San Diego three days after the abduction.
Mexican authorities distributed "wanted" posters with Summers' picture and put police in the cities of Tecate, Ensenada and Rosarito Beach on alert.
Authorities believe Summers broke into the girl's home planning to burglarize it but instead abducted her at knifepoint. They believe Martinez was waiting outside in a car the two used to flee with the girl.
Martinez soon abandoned the car and vanished, police said.
Summers took the girl to several locations and allegedly raped her, FBI Special Agent Scott Garriola wrote in an affidavit.
Summers was described as a transient with a criminal record including convictions for burglary and grand theft. Detectives identified him as a suspect based on evidence at a crime scene, the victim's descriptions and others.
Summers has a criminal record dating to 2002 that includes arrests for robbery, battery and grand theft auto.


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A week after the publication of blurry photographs depicting what appears to be China's first long-range jet transport, Danger Room has obtained satellite imagery of the new plane at an airfield in central China.
The images, acquired by the GeoEye 1 and IKONOS spacecraft — both belonging to commercial satellite operator GeoEye headquartered in Washington, D.C. — corroborate the general layout of the Xian Aircraft Corporation Y-20, the existence of which has been confirmed by Beijing. They also underscore the emerging consensus among Western experts that the Y-20, while outwardly impressive, could lack the performance of even much older American, Russian and European transports.
The IKONOS image (below) is dated Dec. 25. It shows the Y-20 outside a large hangar at Yanliang airfield, home of the People's Liberation Army Air Force's test establishment. The base is crowded with examples of the PLAAF's other main transports, including Y-8 medium airlifters and, apparently, tanker versions of the aged H-6 bomber — both types of which could in theory be replaced by the Y-20, ostensibly giving China the same global military reach the U.S. and other advanced nations have enjoyed for half a century.
The GeoEye 1 photo from Jan. 1 (above) depicts the new transport, which isn't known to have flown yet, on one of Yanliang's runways, surrounded by people and vehicles. News reports have claimed the Y-20 is currently undergoing runway taxi tests in preparation for its eventual first flight.
But even after that happens, the Y-20 will probably need lots of work. Indeed, when it comes to jet-transport technology Beijing is "falling behind, not catching up," John Pike, an analyst with the Virginia-based Globalstrategy.org, writes in an e-mail to Danger Room.
Specifically, the Y-20 needs new engines — and there's little evidence that Beijing is making much progress on that front. The prototype is reportedly fitted with old, Russian-made D-30 engines that probably aren't adequate for the Y-20′s design.
The new imagery is sharper, more detailed and shot from a higher angle than the grainy first photos of the Y-20 that appeared on Chinese internet forums in late December, providing a much more reliable basis for assessing the transport's layout. Apparently slightly smaller than the U.S. Air Force's workhorse C-17, the Y-20 sports the same wide swept wing and T-shaped tail as the Boeing-made C-17, blueprints of which China obtained several years ago through a spy working for the Chicago-based plane manufacturer.
"In order to get the kind of range/payload capabilities you need to use this type of plane, it all comes down to the engines," Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with Virginia market forecaster The Teal Group, emails Danger Room. "Designing a large, high-bypass turbofan is even harder than designing a combat engine [for jet fighters]," Aboulafia adds. "China shows no signs of being able to do that."
There are only four companies in the world capable of building the kind of engines the Y-20 needs, Aboulafia says: three — GE/CFM, Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney — are Western companies and one is Russian. Arms controls in the West make it unlikely that Beijing will be able to source the Y-20′s motors from the former firms.
"In short, there are three possible explanations," Aboulafia continues. "One, this is just a prototype, or series of prototypes. Two, it will be built in series production, using a domestically-built knockoff engine that will result in a very short-range plane with a light payload. Three, they'll do a deal with the Russians to start importing engines that can turn this into a Chinese copy of a former Soviet transport design."
But even a copy of an older Soviet transport would likely feature only modest performance compared to more modern, unique designs. Moreover, Russia has been reluctant lately to sell engines to China, justifiably fearing that Beijing's engineers will illegally reverse-engineer the motors.
All of which means the Y-20, so far, is more show than substance — an intriguing subject for internet forums and passing satellites, but not yet a threat to the transportation dominance of the U.S., Russia and Europe.


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